Folding chair



(No Model.')

0. T. SEGAR. FOLDING CHAIR.

No. 465,500. Patented Dec. 22,1891.

UNITED STATES PATENT. OFFICE.

CHARLES T. SEGAR, OF KENOSHA, \VISCONSIN.

FOLDING CHAIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 465,500, dated December22, 1891. Application filed August 10, 1891. Serial No. 402,244.. (Nomodel.)

T0 at whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES T. SEGAR, of

Kenosha, inthe county of Kenosha and State.

composed of a straight frame, folding legs, a

folding seat, and a folding back, the object being to so connect andsupport the foldi ng legs, seat, and back upon such frame as to causethem to lie compactly within the compass of the frame when folded and toassume when extended the proper relative inclinations to the frame tomake the same stand upon the floor with the back at the proper anglerelatively to the seat to support the occupant in an easy post nre. Thisobject I have attained in such chair, having its parts arranged andconnected as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1is a front elevation of the chair folded. Fig. 2 is a side or edgeelevation showing the chair folded, and Fig. 3 isaside or edgeelevation'showing the same extended ready for use.

In the drawings, A designates the frame, made of two plain straight sidepieces secured together at the top by a cross-piece a and below themiddle by a rung a.

B designates the folding legs, which are pivotedupon the rung a, so asto turn thereon, and connected near the top and bottom by rungs b.

O is a seat, Which is composed of the outer pieces 0, secured togetherat the corners, so as side is provided with a metallic piece e, securedby rivets and curved upward, as shown at 6 Fig. 3. To theseupwardly-curved parts of said metallic pieces the lower end of the backis pivotally secured by means of a rivet a one on each side.

The seat is connected with the frame by a link 0 on each side, pivotedat one end to the edge of the seat by a rivet and at the other end tothe frame, the pivotal points on the frame being located near the frontedge of the side pieces, as at 0 at the edge opposite to that having theconnection e of the back with the said frame. By this arrangement andthese connections the 'seat is caused to fold upon the back and to liewithin the compass of the front part of the frame, while the back iscaused to swing in atthe bottom and occupy a corresponding place in therear part of the frame. The seat is connected, also, with the foldinglegs by means of rods E, which are pivoted at one end to the seatand atthe other end to the upper end of the legs, there being recesses c inthe under side of the adjacent piece 0 for said rods to fit into whenthe seat is folded, so that they will not then project outside the planeof the frame.

When folded, the back and seat lie folded together within the upper partof the frame and the legs turn into the lower part of the same, thusmaking the legs, seat, and back when folded lie wholly within thecompass of the straight frame.

When pulling down the seat in unfolding the chair for use,'the links 0automatically throw the lower edge of the back out and the rods E throwthelegs forward, thereby bringing the back into the proper angle withthe seat and the legs into their working position.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

The combination, with the frame, ofaback pivot-ed at its top between theside rails of said frame, a seat pivoted to the lower edge of said back,a link on each side pivoted at one end to the rear of said seat andatthe ot-her endto the side rails of said frame,legs pivoted to the rungof said frame, and a rod on each side pivoted at one end to the upperend of said legs and at the other to said seat, said back, seat, legs,links, and'rods being adapted to fold and lie within the compass of saidframe and to be extended, as specified.

CHARLES T. SEGAR.

I Witnesses:

PETER FISHER, RI HARD F. HOWE.

